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Aswin N.

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Postdoc at the Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) 🌳🧬❄️☀️

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Tamara Hernández-Verdeja @tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#PlantSciJobs
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate (Christopher R Buckley , Anna Philippova , Alexandre Fournier-Level , Michael J Haydon) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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A noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate
A naturally occurring variant in the Arabidopsis core clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 3 alters temperature responsiveness and has been selected for in regions o
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Daniel Kierzkowski @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🌱We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics @irbv.bsky.social If you are passionate about genetics, molecular biology, or imaging, this is your chance to join a community of researchers working on plant development, cell biology, evolution, and biodiversity 🧬🔬 🧪🍁
rh-carriere-dmz-eng.synchro.umontreal.ca
Careers
Through your undergraduate and graduate-level teaching, and your research activities, you will contribute to the faculty’s pursuit of excellence. Furthermore, you will promote your discipline and actively participate in the daily activities of a renowned institution. As such, you will:
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Alternative splicing of FLOWERING LOCUS T1 fine-tunes bud dormancy release in hybrid poplar (Zhenzhu Hu , Xiaoli Liao , Jihua Ding) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🌳As temperate and boreal zone days get shorter, ABA synchronises the transition to dormancy necessary for perennial #trees to survive the winter. Find out how in a new #OpenAccess paper by Wei et al. Read it for free here⏬! doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #JIPB #PlantSci
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PtoHY5 integrates photoperiodic signals with the ABA pathway to coordinate growth cessation and dormancy in <i>Populus</i>
In Populus, short days deactivate the growth-promoting protein PtoHY5, turning off a growth accelerator and activating an abscisic acid-driven brake. This directly couples growth cessation with dorma...
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
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Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) @plantspps.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🌱 That's a wrap. #SPPS2026 has closed after three days of plant science in Helsinki. The whole crowd, one last time. 👇 📷 Ari Pekka Mähönen 🧵 1/9
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Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) @plantspps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We're in Helsinki at the #SPPS2026 Early Career PI meeting,🌱Scientific session #1 just finished. Pictures of speakers Aswin Nair, Cezary Waszczak and Fatemeh Khosravitabar, session chaired by Maija Sierla. Three more sessions to go today! #PlantScience @pplplantarum.bsky.social
Fatemeh Khosravitabar, University of GothenburgCezary Waszczak, University of HelsinkiAswin Nair, Umea Plant Science Center
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nuclear auxin signaling and temperature: perception and response across scales #TansleyInsight by Sageman-Furnas and Strader @luciastrader.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience
The figure is a horizontal schematic illustration how auxin signaling may act across scales from biophysical to whole plant. From left to right the figure contains 7 representative stages, 1: IDR dynamics represented by a loosely drawn cartoon of a molecular structure, 2: Binding dynamics, represented by two cartoons of the proteins TIR1 and Aux/IAAs, 3: Protein stability, represented by a cartoon of the 26s proteasome, 4: Nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning, represented by a simplified cell with ARF7 proteins in the cytosol and the nucleus, 5: Signal transduction, represented by a schematic of activated transcription of auxin biosynthesis genes by PIF4,  6: Auxin homeostasis and transport, represented by a schematic of auxin conjugation and a simplified cell with arrows representing auxin movement between cells, and 7: Thermomorphogenesis, represented by two seedlings growing at 22º and 28º, with the seedlings at 28 degrees having longer hypocotyls and roots.
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Assistant Professor – Plant Responses to Environmental Changes at University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA *Application Deadline: 9/30/2026" Read more here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 #PlantSciJobs
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
💡 Did you know the JXB Editorial Internships call is open? We’re now in the 5th round of this programme 🌱 Check out what past interns had to say about their experience 👩‍💻👇 ⏰ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns?ut... #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
JXB EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIPS 2026
"My JXB internship was an excel-lent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the editorial and publishing process."
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College Dublin, JXB intern 2024 19
"I had the opportunity to publish an Insight article as the sole author, which was something I did not expect to be able to achieve at this early point in my career."
Katie Watson,
University of Hong Kong,
JXB intern 2025
"Being an editorial intern has been an enriching and formative
experience."
Luis Alonso Baez,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, JXB intern 2025
Apply by
30th September 2025
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Botany One @botany.one · 26/07/2026
MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Plant Bioengineering // London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSH443/m... Are you an experienced Plant Biologist? Sarkisyan lab is looking for a postdoctoral scientist to join the team as a Plant Bioengineer. #BotanyJobs
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MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Plant Bioengineering at MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Björn Usadel @usadellab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Join my group at @fz_juelich within the @ceplas.bsky.social excellence cluster. #PlantJobs We’re looking for a postdoc/senior scientist in plant single-cell and spatial transcriptomics recruiting.fz-juelich.de/jobposting/8...
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Postdoctoral Researcher / Senior Scientist in the field of plant single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📣 Are you a creative, articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded people? Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 Plantae Fellows Program! 🌱 👉 Learn more and apply by August 31: buff.ly/cebisdB #PlantScience #PlantSci
Image Text: Call for 2027 Plantae Fellows. Application Deadline: August 31, 2026. plantae.org/2027fellowsapp. Featuring the Plantae and Plantae Fellows logo on a Plantae-branded background.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
PsWRKY71 participates in GA pathway activating PsCYCD6.1 to promote tree peony bud break Gao et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5HJU2T...
Working model of PsWRKY71 in accelerating bud break in tree peony. PsWRKY71 is induced by chilling, and PsRGL1 immediately binds to PsWRKY71.
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hey team - it’s looking very likely that I’ll be hiring not one but two four year postdocs! We’re a fun lab with tons of theoretical and applied pop gen projects - broadly in polyploid, conservation, and human evo. Competitive salary, sunny San Diego! Do share with your about to defend grads!
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Final push! The deadline for applications is in two days. Apply if you want to be my successor. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
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University of Freiburg
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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our lab @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social is hiring two postdoctoral researchers to join our ERC-funded GRAFT project on mobile small RNAs in plants. 🔗 Details: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b... 📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026 Please share!
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Lighting up the pepper heat nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Commentary by Suyal et al. highlighting the recent work by Yang et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/FTJX54...
Working model of capsaicinoid biosynthesis via the CaHY5–CaBBX2–CaACS8 regulatory module.
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Plant Science🍀🌱 @sciplant.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs
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Aswin N. @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
An antagonistic loop between the evening complex and GI-FKF1 shapes photoperiodic growth in Populus: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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An antagonistic loop between the evening complex and GI-FKF1 shapes photoperiodic growth in Populus
Liu et al. reveal that poplar evening complex (EC), comprised of ELF3.1 and LUX1/2, acts as a central regulator of seasonal growth by directly repressing the GI-FKF1-FT2 regulatory axis. The GI/GIL-FK...
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 01/06/2026
🧪🌾VACANCY: Postdoctoral scholarship in Seasonal Adaptation & Environmental Signalling🔬 Interested in how trees use environmental cues to time growth, dormancy & bud break? Join Rishikesh Bhalerao's group and study tree adaptation in a changing climate. Apply by July 1👇 www.upsc.se/jobs/6690-tw...
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Umeå Plant Science Centre - Two-Year Postdoctoral scholarship in Seasonal Adaptation and Environmental Signaling
Umeå Plant Science Centre - A centre of excellence for experimental plant biology in Umeå Sweden. ©UPSC
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Pigeons on the cover of Science. We're so back
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Aswin N. @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Bhalerao Lab is recruiting ->
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An amino acid of the thermosensor EARLY FLOWERING 3 regulates temperature flexibility in Arabidopsis (Ya-Yi Zhao , Ya-Qi Xiao , Jia-Xi Liu , Jia-Jia Han , Diqiu Yu , Jian-Xiang Liu , Ze-Ting Song) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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An amino acid of the thermosensor EARLY FLOWERING 3 regulates temperature flexibility in Arabidopsis
The serine-to-proline transition at position 364 (S364P) mutation in EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) reduces its protein stability and impairs the plant's ability
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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Are you interested in competing in a time-bound event where participants work to design synthetic genetic circuits to program plants with new functions? If so, apply to the SynBio Hackathon! Applications are due June 1, 2026! Apply Here: bit.ly/3QpF5Jr
Dark green leafy background with text announcing the Plant Cell Atlas 2026 Synthetic Biology Hackathon at MIT, July 12-13, 2026. A banner saying ‘Applications Due June 1, 2026!’ is at the bottom.
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
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Tomáš Kašpar @tomas-kaspar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We are thrilled to share our latest work uncovering a completely novel pathway in plants, where Pol II elongation factor SPT6L recruits AGO4 to guide mRNA methylation 🌿🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #PlantSci #Epigenetics #RNA #Preprint #epitranscriptomics
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Tamara Hernández-Verdeja @tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#PlantSciJob
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
PostDoc Researcher: How streptophyte cells process environmental information and translate it into growth and physiological responses. In @jandevries.bsky.social ’s ERC project @uni-goettingen.de Deadline: 14 April 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
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Stellenausschreibungen in Pflanzenwissenschaften und Botanik
Stellenausschreibungen in Pflanzenwissenschaften und Botanik
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob 2 PhD positions 1 PostDoc position Molecular Plant Science + Plant Evolutionary Ecology @greenrobust.de Cluster of Excellence Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The new Vienna BioCenter Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (VIP³) is here! We have 8 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc. The call is open! More information: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ancient photoreceptor shapes behavioural responses
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Non-Visual Light Perception: Ancient photoreceptor shapes behavioural responses
Experiments on Drosophila show that an evolutionarily conserved photoreceptor that senses light outside of the retina can regulate responses to direct visual cues.
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Promoter sequences are so hard to amplify from plants. Even from Arabidopsis. You think taking 2-kb upstream from a couple genes would be trivial. 😅
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Henryk Straube @hstraube.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🪴 🫘 🫛 Come work with us in beautiful Copenhagen! This is the erfect position for you, if you like: - natural products - working with plants - solving complex metabolism puzzles - having an applied impact shorturl.at/iIjW3
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Postdoc of Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis or Transport | Fernando Geu-Flores
🌿 Postdoc position in Plant Natural Products 🌿 📍 Geu-Flores lab at the University of Copenhagen (DK) 🥼 Are you passionate about uncovering how plants make and transport complex bioactive alkaloids? ...
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Christian Fankhauser @chfankhauser.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please consider attending this conference in the Swiss Alps meetings.embo.org/event/26-pla... . Exciting science & great venue, lots of opportunities for selected talks from abstracts. Join the conversation on Bluesky with #EMBOispp2026
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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗ CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
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CEPLAS: Call 2026
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Bipin Pandey @bipinpandey.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... We are recruiting a PDRA to study root–soil interactions at molecular scale. The project combines plant signalling, soil physics, and spatial omics to understand how roots sense soil hardness. #UKRI #PDRA #PostdocJobs #PlantScience #Rootsoil #SingleCell
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed Term)
Research Associate/Fellow in Root–Soil Interactions and Molecular BiologySchool of Biosciences, University of NottinghamProject: UKRI ‘GROUNDBREAKING’Applications are invited for a Research Associate/Fellow to join the UKRI-funded...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Exciting postdoc position @KCGEB1 on an ambitious project on red palm weevil - Wolbachia research. Consider applying: Insect / beetle reserach is the next frontier! 🌴🪲🦠🧫 jobs.uaeu.ac.ae/Postings/Pos...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We’re hiring! Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant @KamounLab “Biology and Applications of Plant Immune Receptors” www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
How plants control fleshy & woody tissue growth🥕🪵 Ykä Helariutta’s labs at @slcuplants.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi reveal how plants fine-tune xylem development to balance growth — with big implications for crops and forestry 📜@science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ℹ️ shorturl.at/YLnUw
Cross section of hypocotyl of 8-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana. The ovac mutant displays enhanced secondary vessel differentiation (red) at the expense of parchenchyma cells. Images A2 and B2 show the vessel cells only. SR2200 and Fuchsin staining. Imaged by Donghwi Ko.
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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
To survive winter trees must time spring growth with great precision. Research from @umeaplantsciencecentre.se shows that trees also use warm interruptions in early winter as signals helping buds avoid opening too early #research supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation tinyurl.com/bdz4f4pr
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Trees do not just count cold – they use warm spells to track winter’s progress | slu.se
To survive winter, trees must time spring growth with great precision. New research from Umeå Plant Science Centre shows that trees also use warm interruptions in early winter as signals, helping buds...
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 05/02/2026
⏰Final call – 6 days left!🧪🌾 We’re recruiting 3 PhD students at UPSC & SLU in the frame of the #WIFORCE programme: 🧬 RNA biology of trees 💻 Climate adaptation & modelling 🌿 Nitrogen use efficiency & wood formation 🗓 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs
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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Job opening: Research Associate in Tree Physiology at Dresden University of Technology Deadline: February 16, 2026 Learn more: www.nature.com/naturecareer... #PlantSciJobs
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Research Associate (m/f/x) in Tree Physiology - Dresden job with Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) | 12851362
TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamic research institutions in the country. Foun
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 03/02/2026
🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun? New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter. 📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social
Close-up of a closed aspen bud in front of a black background. Photo: Aswin NairThree men are standing in a greenhouse with young aspen trees in the back. Only the upper body is visible. All are looking into the camera. Photo: Abhideep PalClose-up of an open aspen bud in front of a black background
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 30/01/2026
🧪🌾VACANCY - Postdoc in wood formation🔬 Join the newly established Wood Cell Wall Architecture group, led by Leonard Blaschek, and study novel cellular components controlling secondary cell wall development in trees. 👉 Read more & apply by 27 Feb 2026: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #PlantSciJobs
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Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Obituary for Indian Plant Scientist Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq. EA Siddiq contributed to the development of dwarfed Basmati Rice, among many other contributions. thefederal.com/category/obi... #PlantScience #Obituary #PlantBreeding #Rice
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EA Siddiq obituary: A man whose arduous basmati rice research turbocharged exports
In 1962, Siddiq had joined IARI, popularly known as Pusa Institute after its original location in Bihar, as a student of MS Swaminathan, who came to be regarded as the Father of India’s Green...
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Femke de Jong @plantenzo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Detecting fluctuating shade For plants adapting to light conditions is crucial. Canopy shade brings with it its own challenges, it is not just less light, but with some of the useful red light filtered out by the leaves above the ratio of red vs far red-light changes as well. 🧵1/4 #PlantScience
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs
Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect ra...
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Penelope Lindsay @penlindsay.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JAIVZX... Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
image of a maize inflorescence meristem that is labeled by the plasma membrane marker PIP2-CFP and BAM1D-YFP.
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